Improvement in bottle-fastenings



UNITED STATES PATENT 'OFFICE BENJAMIN BATES, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

IM PROVEM ENT l-N BOTTLE-FASTENINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 110,421, dated`December 27, 1870.

I, Dr. BENJAMIN BATES, of the city of Baltimore and State of Maryland,have invented certain Improvements in the Method of Securing Corks inBottles, of which the following is a specification:

My invention relates to fastening or securing corks in bottles when thecorks are required to sustain a high degree of resistance from thecontents of the bottle; and has for its object not only once securing`the cork, butadmits of the cork being withdrawn and replaced, and againreadily resecured, without damage to the fastening, thereby furnishing asimple and ecient means by which 011e and the same device may be usedmany times over for securing or resecurin g corks in bottles with greateconomy and safety.

The construction and the mode of applying my invention for securing andresecurin g corks in bottles maybe readily understood by reference tothe accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this Specification.

Figure l is a side view of the neck of a,

bottle with the cork secured therein after the manner of my invention,and Fig. 2 is a top view ofthe same.

ln Fig. l may be observed a metal ring or collar, placed upon the neckof the bottle just below its shoulder or lng. This ring or collar isconstructed as in Fig. 3, and is made to open at one of its sides, inorder that it may be placed around the neck of the bottle, and

is provided at its opening with loops or eyes a a, and upon its side,directly opposite the opening, with metal hinged loop d. The loops oreyes a a are for the purpose of receiving a cord or string, by means ofwhich the ring or collarv is claspedl and secured lirmly around the neckof the bottle.

The string or cord g, as seen in Fig.2, serves a twofold purpose. Beingtied firmly in its middle to the loops or eyes a a, it secures the ringor collar around the neck of the bottle, leaving the two ends ofthestring free for the purpose of securing the cork in the bottle. One ofthe ends of l thislstringis then thrown over the top ofthe cork,andfpassedthrougli the hinged metal loop d, and then brought back againover the-cork and securedtothe other end of theI same stringby means ofa double-twisted knot, as'y shown, thus holding the cork firmly to itsplace.

A double or single twisted knot may be used for tying the string 'g` insecuring'` the cork, since either of these knots can be made to releasethe cork by simply drawing the ends of the string in the oppositedirection from which they were drawn and left in securing the cork.

One of the many advantages ofthe arrangement of my device for. securingand resecurin g the corks in bottles is, that the metal collar c,constructed with loops a a and hinged metal loop d, enables me withgreat ease and certainty to secure the cork, by means of string g,directly across the center of its top, while in other methods, as wherea cord or twine is used both for collar and tie, it is with difficultythat the tie can be made directly across the center of the cork, andwhen accomplished it cannot be reliednpon as remaining to its place. Thetwine-collar, yielding readily from pressure and moisture, is loosenedto such an extent as .to allow the string or tie to slip from over thecenter of the cork. When this occurs, as it frequently does,the cork ispartly, if not entirely, forced from its place, endangering the contentsof the bottle.

Claim.

A bottle-fastening consisting of the metal collar c, provided with eyesa a and hinged loop d, and fastening string or wire g, by which thecollar is secured around the neck and the cork in the bottle,substantially as shown.

DR. BENJAMIN BATES.

Witnesses:

OSCAR DENNA BATES, WEBSTER PARK.

